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HISTORY OF LEHIGHI COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
William A. Rentzheimer, University of Pennsylvania, March 15, 1880. Friedensville.
Pahn E. Helfrich, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, March 7, 1880 ; Homoeopathic Medical Collego of New York, March 5, 1882. Fogelsville.
Abraham L. Kistler, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, March 13, 1883. Allentown.
Thomas A. Scherer, Jefferson Medical College, April 2, 1883. Slating- ton.
Agnes M. Slongh. Allentown.
W. Il. Hamersly, University of Pennsylvania, 1883. Catasanqua.
Medical Societies .- The Lehigh County Medical Society was originally organized in 1853, at a meeting held at Dr. Charles H. Martin's office. Dr. Martin was elected president, Dr. David O. Moser, of Brein- igsville, secretary, and Dr. Thomas Cooper, of Coop- ersburg, treasurer. Among the first members were Dr. Leisenring, of Macungie, Dr. William Kohler, of Egypt, and Dr. Tilghman H. Martin. The society maintained an existence for a few years and was then disbanded. It was reorganized in 1858, and since that time has been in quite a flourishing condition. The records show the names of officers and members only since 1865. The members in that year were A. A. Fryman, S. W. Balliet, W. B. Erdman, J. P. Kohler, H. A. Hallman, H. Haberackon, William Herbst, N. S. Kohler, J. Laross, S. W. Ruch, H. K. Hartzell, M. E. Hornbeck, N. R. Ritter, P. L. Reechorn, A. F. Miller, A. J. Martin, - Shade, C. W. Williams, E. G. Martin, H. T. Martin, T. H. Martin, F. C. Seiberling, T. C. Yeager (died Jan. 14, 1874), E. F. Steckel. Accessions have since been made as follows : 1868, A. P. Fotheroy, M. G. Seiple, F. P. Troxell ; 1871, HI. A. Grim; 1873, J. D. Erdman ; 1874, W. J. Lochmani, P. R. Palın, Samuel Youndt, Joshua Mor- ton, A. J. F. Minnich; 1875, J. R. Davis, J. W. Seiberling, W. S. Kistler, J. W. Graver; 1876, F. C. Erdman ; 1877, S. K. Berndt; 1882, S. W. Berlin, C. J. King, Eugene Beaver, Thomas Martin, H. Horn, A. N. Miller, F. W. Quigg, - Koch, F. C. Cooper, E. P. Stine, W. R. Young.
The presidents of the society since 1865 have been as follows: 1865, William B. Herbst; 1866, E. G. Martin : 1867, H. K. Hartzell ; 1868-70, F. C. Seiber- ling ; 1871-78, William B. Erdman; 1874, H. C. Grim ; 1875-76, J. D. Erdman ; 1877, Samuel Young; 1878-79, F. C. Erdman ; 1880-81, E. G. Martin ; 1882- 83, William B. Erdman. In 1865, J. P. Kohler was secretary, and since that time to the present date the office has been held by P. L. Reichard.
The Lehigh Valley Medical Society was organized in Bethlehem in 1881, with Dr. E. G. Martin as pres- ident. Dr. Green, of Easton, was president in 1882, aud Dr. R. Leonard, of Mauch Chunk, in 1883. From the first Dr. Charles MeIntyre, of Easton, has been secretary.
CHAPTER X1.
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.
Early Schools-Progress-Holders of Permanent Teachers' Certificates -Comparative Statement of 1855 and 1883.
THE carly German settlers in Pennsylvania, like the New England pioneers in the West, as a rule no sooner secured the material necessities of life in their new homes than they began building up those twin institutions of civilization, the school and the church, and if the latter class of our national popu- lation sooner succeeded in securing a high educa- tional standard it must be borne in mind that they were not obliged, like the Germans, to undergo a revolution of language.
Almost without exception the earliest schools in Lehigh County were established at or in connection with the Lutheran and German Reformed Churches, and the pastor was often the secular teacher. " Fre- quently," says Professor Knauss, "the school-house preceded the erection of the church, and served the double purpose of church and school. These schools were church schools so far as instruction was concerned, but were not directly supported by the church. Each parent who sent children had to pay in proportion to the total number of days sent. In most cases the teacher ' boarded 'round,' which in those days was no easy task." In but few instances was the pupil afforded opportunity for studying any- thing beyond reading, writing, and a little arithmetic. The Germans excelled in music, and at a very early day introduced it in their churches and schools. To the Moravians particularly were the people, as a whole, indebted for the introduction of what at the time was probably called advanced education. In their schools, and in all of the others of early times, the German language was exclusively employed.
Of the early schools in Lehigh County that in con- nection with the Swamp Church, in Lower Milford, was probably the first. It was established about. 1725, and remained in operation until comparatively recent years. The Schwenkfelders, about 1784, opened a school at their meeting-house, near the Milford and Montgomery County line (which, of course, did not then exist, all being Bucks County). This was main- tained until 1840, over a hundred years, and served, as did the former, a most beneficial end. In these schools Latin and Greek were the favorite studies, and were taught as carly as 1755. The Mennonites, some time between 1735 and 1740, erected in what is. now Upper Milford a small log building to serve as school and church. It was divided into two apart- ments by a hanging partition for this purpose. When the attendance at religious services was very large, this was raised and the two apartments thus thrown into one. A similar building was erected a little later by the same seet in a fine grove between Coop- ersburg and Centre Valley.
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EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.
At what is now Dillingersville, Lower Milford, a Lutheran congregation was formed as early as 1743, and not long afterwards a log school-house was built and a school established. This was certainly prior to 1759, for in one of the old records it is stated that John Balthaser Goetz died in the school-house, and was buried on Easter Monday of that year. The con- gregation appointed three of its leading members a committee to select and take up a suitable tract of land for church and school purposes, and it seems that they selected a tract of about thirty acres a little west of the village site, which they patented in 1770. The building erected here was used both for church and school purposes until 1791, and after that time only for the latter, coming to be known as the "Up- per Milford School-House." By act of Assembly this property was sold in 1871, the sum of four thousand and fifty dollars being realized, which is placed at in- terest as a special school fund.
The Moravians commenced the erection of a school building at Emaus in 1746, one year prior to the or- ganization of their congregation there. When this occurred, July 30, 1747, Christopher Heyne and Mary Heyne were appointed orerseers of the children, and in 1750, when the school which had been estab- lished at Oley, Berks Co., was moved here, a num- ber of other teachers and assistants were appointed. The school was removed to Bethlehem in 1753 because the Moravians were fearful of Indian troubles.
A congregation was formed at Egypt, in Whitehall township, in 1733, and presumably a school was or- ganized there soon afterwards. Lehigh Church, in Lower Macungie, was founded in 1750, and the school about the same time. New Tripoli, in Lynn, is prob- ably the oldest school-site in that part of the county, and that at the Heidelberg Church the oldest in the northeastern portion. The congregation was organ- ized in 1750. Two schools, one supported by the Lu- therans and one by the German Reformed members, were for a time kept at this place, but were finally united.
We have already spoken of the endowed school at Dillinger ville. There were several others in the county this established or aided by far-seeing and liberal people, whose good deeds live after them even unto the present day, though changed in form. One of these was at Centreville, near Macungie borough, Lower Macungie township, where John and Jane Wetzel donated three acres of land for school pur- poses, and conveyed it by deed, Ang. 21, 1790, to the trustees and their successors. The property was sold in 1868 on ground-rent reservation, and the annual receipts from it now amount to one hundred and fifty dollars per year, which, in addition to the sum other- wise provided, enables the district to have an eight or nine months' term of school annually. On the 24th of September, 1790, Andrew Eisenhard, Cornelius Hughes, and John Herman donated two acres of land in what is now East Texas, and built thereon a school-
house at their own expense. This property was sold for thirty-seven hundred dollars in 1874, and the dis- triet derives a revenue of two hundred and twenty-six dollars annually from that som, a portion of which is expended for a summer school. These instances show that during the past century there were not wanting people who appreciated the advantages of education, and were willing to advance the interests of the cause at their own expense. Their example, we may add, has been emulated by a number of individuals during the present century.1
About 1760 harm was caused to the schools, says a good authority, from the fact " that many of the prin- cipal teachers, such as Miller, of Lynn, Roth, of Al- bany, Michael, and others, left their services as school-teachers and commenced to preach, because the congregations could get no other ministers. Less qualified men were taken as teachers, and the schools lost greatly thereby." Professor Knauss says, "This inaugurated a decline in the requirement for teachers, which continued for a considerable time, until the edu- cation of the children was considered a secondary thing, and, in consequence, much neglected. At this period almost any person that came along and made some pretension to education was employed as a teacher. This often brought into the school-room persons entirely unfit, morally and mentally, for the position. Nearly all of the old schools were noted for severity of discipline. Some of the teachers were not only severe, but cruel, in their punishments."
The German language was the sole vehicle or me- dium of instruction until 1800. Between 1800 and 1820 English was introduced in some of the more progressive schools, and taught in connection with German, while in the same period a very few dis- tinctively English schools were organized. The first of these was at Egypt, in Whitehall. The honse in which it was held was built in 1808, and the school opened Jan. 3, 1809. Jacob Kern, the first teacher, received fourteen dollars per month. The school was kept up regularly until 1857. The English School Society of New Tripoli, Lynn township, was organ- ized in 1812, erected a building, and organized a school, which was continued until 1850. About the same time English schools were established in Allen- town. The Balliettsville English school was estab- lished in 1816. The subscription stated, " The house is to be built twenty by twenty-four feet, and each of the twenty subscribers to said school is to deliver one short and one long log by the first day of May next" (1816). Another English school was established in Upper Sancon in 1833.
That slow progress was made in the introduction
1 A notable instance of generosity to the common free schools was that of the late Frederick Miller, of Washington township, who by his last will, ducted Jan. 17, 1854, bequeathed four thousand dollars to the school districts of Washington and Heidelberg, in the proportion of twenty-four hundred to the former and sixteen hundred dollars to the Intter.
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HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
and practical use of English is shown by the report of County Superintendent C. W. Cooper (the first elected) for the year 1855. Ile says, "The approxi- mate proportion studying in English books is seven- eighths, of whom but three-eighths understand the lan- guage."
" In the beginning of the first decade of the present century," says Rev. W. A. Helfrich, "educational matters began to grow better, but only in a few in- dividual schools, such as at Lynn, where Salem and, later, Frederick Smith ; in Heidelberg, Bergenmeyer; in Weissenberg, Busse; at the Ziegel Church, Storb and Allenborn, were teachers. These were all edu- cated teachers from Europe. They not only taught the common branches, but also instructed in history, natural history, and natural philosophy, besides giving religious instruction. The schools were gen- erally kept during the winter season, for four or five months."
In the foregoing we have an account of those schools which in their excellence were an exception to the rule. In most of the schools the instructors were men of a poor order of ability. He was more the school-master than the school-teacher. Dr. Balliet, of North Whitehall, describes a school which will answer as the average one of the period from 1816 to 1834, as follows: "The house was twenty-four by twenty feet, built of logs, had a very low eeiling and small windows, and was (sometimes) plastered inside. Along the three walls on the inside were long desks sloping up towards the wall, with high benches with- out backs. In the centre of the room, around a very large stove, on two rows of benches without backs, sat the abecedarians and the ab-abs. Near the stone, fronting the school, was the teacher's desk, painted red, about five feet high, with a high stool or bench to correspond. Behind this were hung, on pegs against the wall, the shawls, scarfs, hats, and caps. There too stood the bucket with water, often visited by the tired children, not to slake their thirst, but to relieve themselves of the monotony of the school- room. Near the bucket were stacks of dinner-baskets, the sight of which an hour before noon whetted the appetites to the highest pitch. The course of instrue- tion in the English schools embraced reading, writing, spelling, and arithmetic. The following were the books used: Comly's 'Primer and Spelling-Book,' Murray's 'Introduction to the English Reader,' ' English Reader and Sequel,' Frost's . United States History,' and Pike's 'Arithmetic.' Gram- mar and geography were seldom tanght. . . . The day sessions were long. The school was frequently called at eight o'clock in the morning, and continued until four and a half or five o'clock r.M., with an intermission of an hour at noon. No recess in the half-day sessions was granted. . . . The German schools, particularly those at the churches, opened in the morning with singing and prayer. This was seldom the case with the English schools. The ex-
ereises in the forenoon consisted in reading twice and spelling once. In the afternoon the same routine was followed. The interval between reading and spelling was spent, by the larger ones, in writing and ciphering at their seats. In the early German schools the girls were not required to write and cipher. Little or no attention was given to writing by the majority of the masters. All the writing was done with the goose-quill; steel and gold pens were then unknown in these parts. The 'making and mending of pens' consumed much of the teacher's time and patience."
Holders of Permanent Certificates .- Following is a list of the holders of the permanent certificates issued by the school department at Harrisburg to teachers recommended by anthorities of Lehigh County :
No. of Certif- icate.
Name of Holder.
l'ost-Office Address.
Date of Certificate.
69
R. K. Buehrle ...
Allentown
March 20, 1868.
711
R. Clay Hamersly
Catasauqua.
March 24, 1868.
F. W. Siegfried ..
Allentown.
May 9, 1868.
98
F. G. Bernd
573
J. O. Knanss.
Allentown
Feb. 25, 1870,
596
G. W. Brinker.
Dimeport ..
April 7, 1870.
597
E. D. Rhoads ..
Nell's
Nov. 25, 1870.
689 Kate M. Smith,
735
George P. Bates.
Ilokendangna
March 21, 1871.
736
Miss E. J. Haines ..
Allentown
flokendangoa.
April 11, 1871
Allentown
May 9, 1871.
856 Sammel C. Lee ..
Emans ...
Jan. 20, 1872.
857
B. C. Snyder.
Catasauqua.
R. A. byttle.
A. K. K. Kront
Coplay
Feb. 27, 1872.
J. F. Jacoby.
Loeust Valley
Catasauqua .. 66
=
=
870
Cecilia Wonderly.
F. S. Hartzell.
Bethlehem ..
June 3, 1572.
904
Owen K. Wilt
Sonth Bethlehem. ..
905
Win. T. Morris.
Brethigsville.
Saegersville ..
=
009
Edward Hermany
Jacksonville
June 6, 1872.
910
W'm. K. Henninger Edwin fejlman ...
Sonth Whitehall ..
June 20, 1872.
93 1
Geo. M. Kunkle ..
Macungie
July 27, 1872.
970
: J4. J. Young
Allentown
Oct. 22, 1872.
978 1006
Mrs C' S. Stonebach
Ilokendanqua
Fele. 21. 1873.
1111
M. N Beruhard
Allentown
Oct. 3. 1873.
1112
Jewis P'. Hocker.
Oct 1, 1573.
1115
1,. B. landis ..
46
Nov. 13, 1873.
1153
Ella T. Gabriel ...
Dec. 9, 1873.
1154
Annie F. Swartz.
Lewis IL. Jacoby.
Loenst Valley.
July 27, 1875.
A. N. Ulrich.
Catasamjna
Dec. 24, 1875.
1612
Peter A. Lantz ....
Saegersville.
Mny 22, 1876.
1616
Frank J. Stettler.
Slatington
Allentown ..
May 25, 1876.
1851
Miss E. J. Yonng.
W'm. 11. Knauss
J. Winters Rodgers.
2290
Miss L. J. Busgr
Orefield ..
May 12, 1879.
9.41.1
1. F Frederick.
Alvin Rupp ..
F. D. Ramb ...
Allentown
1850.
M. F. Cawley
1882.
3595
Lunin E. Bussn
Orefield.
3538
1. George Krischner ... €. Il Rhoads ..
Allentown
3518 Sol. F. Rnpp.
Seipstown
3519 Homy F. Kopp.
16
Only 15, 1878.
2112
M. R. Schaffer.
L'atasangna.
16
Lynnville.
2625 3349 3516 P. B. Oswald.
New Tripoli. Allentown.
Oct. G, 1873.
1132
R. 11. Kralmu
Limeport ..
Nov. 19, 1872.
866
867
Rebecca Sigley.
868
Edwin H. Breder.
Charlotte Brar
901
906
Win. Il. Albright.
907
Jorl P. Geiger
908
Theo. Smith.
New Tripoli.
756
Win. K. Derr ..
763
Henry G. Patt ....
688 Anna M. Smith
Catasauqua.
737
Miss A. E. Reichard ...
858
865
933
914
E. A. Troxell
('alasangna
B. F. Abbott
1.184
('lara A. Unger ...
Feb. 9, 1877.
1947
2289
April 30, 1877.
2.13
3629
I. B. Heller.
97
-
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EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.
COMPARATIVE TABULAR STATEMENT OF LEHIGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, 1855 to 1883.1
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Date of accepting the Common School
Law of 1834.
Whole No. of Schools, 1855.
Whole No. of Schools, 1863.
No. of Graded Schools, 1855.
No. of Graded Schools, 1883.
Average No. of Months taught, 1855.
Average No. of Months taught, 1883.
No. of Male Teachers, 1855.
No. of Male Teachers, 1883.
No. of Female Teachers, 1855
No. of Female Teachers, 1883.
Average Salaries of Male Teachers per
Average Salaries of Male Teachers per
Average Salaries of Female Teachers
per Month, 1855.
brt Month, 1883.
No. of Male Scholars, 1853.
No. of Male Scholars, 1883.
No. of Female Scholars, 1855.
No. of Female Scholars, 1983.
No. of Taxables at the Time of accept-
Amount of first State Appropriation to
the accepting Districts.
1. Catasauqua borough * Feb. 1, 1853
2. Coopersburg borongh *
1880
2
...
614
1
1
37.00
26.00
47
39
3. Coplay borongh *
April 7, 1859
-1
5
=
2
51.00
26,50
72
118
4. Emans borongh * Oct.
5,1859
4
4
5
5
5
2
1
1
42.00
6. Hanover township
1834
11
7
8
7
2
22.00
37.00
35,001 218 257 166
7. Hanover, Independent t ... June 3, 1873'
8. Heidelberg township.
1849 7
91
4 5
7
7
69.50
32.57
1.12
154:
117
129
176
87.74
11. Lynn township ..
1838
171
2. 4
5
13
2
1
20.42
28.04
26.00
352 389
252
307 373 72
212.78
12. Macungie borough *
Nov. 13, 1857
50.00
33.75
66
5
5
10
11
21
2
3
20.00 33,58
29.00 363
512
308
177
247: 643'
415,80!
16. Milford, Lower, twp ....
Dec. 9, 1852
10
10
2:
3 20.00!
30.00:
25.00 257|
12:27
177
2051 313 330
322 172
213.64 194.36
18. Sanvon, Upper, township ..
1818
13
10
13
1.1
1
3
22.18
35.71
10.99
351
260
318 328
1.1.0.1
21. Weissenberg township
1919
11
1
5
11
11
-
1
22.00
20.00
29.00 300!
255
421 .101. 38I
201.61
23. Whitehall, south, twp.
1839. 15
13
5
G
14 1.1
9
1. C
24.00
25.00
37-
...
...
Totals and averages.
149 256 : 4 90 5 63
144 211
5 47 $22.91. $38.85 $18.94 $29,34 4581 6223 3454 5440 4934 52768.52 1
1 Explanation .- The changes, especially where a decrease is noticed in the several items in the above table, are accounted for by the changes made by the division of. townships, or by the organization of independent school districts, or by the incorporation of several of the villages into boronghs. The following will explain the apparent discrepancy :
1. Coopersburg borough, taken from Upper Saucon township territory.
2. Coplay borough, taken from Whitehall territory.
3. Emaus borough, taken from Salisbury and Upper Milford townships.
4. Macungie borough, taken from Lower Macungie township.
5. Slatington borough, taken from Washington township.
6. West Bethlehem, Independent, taken from Hanover township.
7. Grim's, Independent, taken from Upper Macungie and Weissenberg in Lehigh County, and Maxatawny in Berks County,
8. Hokenduuguu, Independent, taken from Whitehull, then South Whitehall.
* Date of incorporation as a borongh.
+ Dato of Formation luto an independent school district.
NAMES OF MagicEs OF THE FIRST SCHOOL BOARDS AND THE QUICHES, WHERE THE MEFICHES WEEK KNOWN, THEY ONLY ARE MENTIONED. Coopersburg borough-Jacob Schutter, president ; De. I. T. Trumbaner, secretary ; Heury R. Landis, treasurer.
Coplay borough -- S. A. Leinbach, president; O. b. Schreiber, secretary ; M. Rothermal, treasurer.
Emans borongh-Abri, Ziegenfosz, R Shuler, Jas, Christ, J. Hammon, R. Miller, I. Eguer. Grim's, Independent-Jacob Grim, A. Brouse, Daniel Chuler, Seth Grim, Samnel Grim,
Hanover township-Samuel Breder, president ; C. S. Bush, secretary ; Timothy Weiss, treasurer. Hanover, Independent-Willium Transne, president; Enos Lehr, secretary ; L. J. Krause, treasurer,
Heidel ery township-J. Hensinger, president ; Peter Miller, secretary ; John Saeger, treasurer.
Hokendauqua, Independent-V. W. Weaver, president ; Edwin Mickley, secretary ; Thomas II. Green, treasurer. Lowhill township-Peter Ertel, president ; Levi Dorublaser, secretary ; Andrew Knerr, treasurer.
Lynn township-J. Hennany, president ; J. S. Kistler, secretary ; Daniel Brobst, treasurer. Macungie, Upper, township-David Schall, president ; J. Lichtenwallner, secretary ; Solomon Fogel, treusnrer, Macungie, Lower, township-Jneob Wenner, president ; James Weiler, secretary ; George Ludwig, treasurer.
Milford, Upper, township-W. Gubel, president; W. Hittle, secretary ; Andrew Kranse, treusnrer. Salisbury township-D. Kline, president ; J. Spinner, secretary ; John Ritter, treasurer. Simeon, Upper, township-C. E. Christ, president ; George Blank, secretary ; Heury Yeager, treasurer. Statingtou borough-Rich. 11. Dyer, Moses Kuhns, William Peter, D. Lewes, D. Heintzelmun, L. C. Smith. Washington township-I. F. Heller, president; B. S. Levan, secretary ; Chinles Peter, treasurer. Weissenberg township-G. S. Kisenbard, president ; Joshua Seiberling, secretary ; Gearge Muse, Treasurer, Whitehall, North, toomship-John Sheirer, president ; Joseph Steekel, secretary ; Daniel Saeger, treasurer. Il'hitehall, South, township-Gideon lbach, presidont ; George Frederick, secretary ; Solomon Griesomer, treasurer. Whiteholl-G. W. Daniels, president; Franklin J. Newhard, secretary ; Adam Sheirer, treasurer.
5. Grim's, Independent ?...
April 8, 1861
1
5
5 5 10
4
44.70
28 25
149
167
29.71
29.50
214 914 207
171
296 127.28
9. Hokendangna, Indept .;..
April 7, 1865
1849
1
5: 4 5
7
7
2
11.28
15. Milford, Upper, twp ...
1814
=
1.1
1 5
1.1
2
3 20.00;
32.00
29.00 225
17. Salisbury township.
1838
11
15
7 5. 514
11
12
33.42
28.00 302
388
383
2621
19. Slutington borough #
.. . Sept. 7, 1816
20. Washington township.
1848: 10
1.1
4
5
9
10
19
1
1
26.58 34.21
18.75
30.00 512
2.1.(10)
24. Whiteball.
Oct. 31, 1867' 13
11
...
2
4
10 $15.00 $68.75 2
$25.00; $33.90 108
93
25
251. $102.50
13. Macungie, Upper, twp.
1812; 10
19
5
1 20.00
33.50
32.00 327
261. 511, 331 216,00
14. Mucungie, Lower, twp
1849
14 23
7
4' 5
4
5
51%
10
3
3
1.1.00
25.00
22. Whitehall, North, twp.
18.14 11
20
5
1
...
21.00
380 318: 309 438 283.2.1
4
2
1
38.12
30.00|
127
10. Lowhill township.
5
5 4 10
4
7
1
429. 560
2.10.80
22.00 20,00
32.00
28.00 337
34.8 108, 326
14
4 14
5 10
5
6
19.15:
132
163
:: 00 151.70
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ing the Law.
Month, 1855.
Month. 1883.
Average Salaries of Female Teachers
76
HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
Education of Poor Children-The Schools un- der the Law of 1834 .- The first entry in the treas- urer's report of funds for the education of the chil- dren of the poor is for the year 1819, and shows that the sum then devoted to that purpose was $95.68. In the year following it was $77.82. In 1821 the sum was considerably larger, being $245.13. In 1822 it was $288.27; in 1823, 8548.73; in 1824, $558.95; in 1825, $412.30; in 1826, $510.57 ; in 1827, $456.73. In 1828 the fund amounted to $508.98, distributed as follows :
Borongh of Northampton, townships of Salisbury and Northampton ..
$421.71
Hanover ..
22.30
North Whitehall.
15.01
South Whitehall
9.32
Upper Sancon
12.95
Weissenberg.
10,17
Upper Milford.
5.63
Macungie.
3.97
Total ..
$508.98
In 1829 the fund for the education of poor children was almost exactly the same as for 1828, and in 1830 it fell off to $360.76. In 1831 it was $452.39, and in 1832, $526.14, while in 1833 it reached $763.41, which was distributed as follows :
Borough of Northampton.
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